You can use the following phrases as a guide when talking about time and dates in

German:
Wissen Sie, wie viel Uhr es ist? (Do you know what time it is?)
Wie viel Uhr ist es? (What time is it?)
Haben Sie ein paar Minuten Zeit? (Do you have a couple of minutes to spare?)
Um wie viel Uhr fahren Sie ab? (What time do you leave?)
Es ist frh. (It's early.)
Du kommst aber spt. (You're really late.)
Welchen Tag haben wir heute? (What day is today?)
Heute ist Freitag. (Today is Friday.)
Der Wievielte ist heute? (What's today's date?)
Heute ist der dritte Mai. (Today is the third of May.)

Vocabulary for telling time in German:

Uhr The German equivalent of oclock, used to denominate full hours.

um Means at as in Lets meet at four oclock.
vor Before like in Seven minutes before midnight.
nach The antonym of vor, of course meaning after.
viertel This means quarter like in quarter past/quarter to.
halb meaning half and is used to denote the half hour intervals between full hours.
More on this below.

Time thresholds:

12:05 fnf nach zwlf

12:10 zehn nach zwlf
12:15 viertel nach zwlf
12:20 zwanzig nach zwlf
12:25 fnf vor halb eins
12:30 halb eins
12:35 fnf nach halb eins
12:40 zwanzig vor eins
12:45 viertel vor eins
12:50 zehn vor eins
12:55 fnf vor eins

Examples of telling precise minutes:

13:21 becomes 13 Uhr 21 (dreizehn Uhr einundzwanzig)

20:45 turns into 20 Uhr 45 (zwanzig Uhr fnfundvierzig)
 23:11 is 23 Uhr 11 (dreiundzwanzig Uhr elf)

Some Rules for Adverbial Time Phrases:

1) Definite time expressions without prepositions are in the accusative:
Nchste Woche mache ich das.I'll do that next week.

2) Indefinite time is in the genitive (as, of course, are time expressions with "whrend"):
Eines Tages wird er alles verstehen.One day he'll understand everything.

3) Definite time expressions with prepositions:

When defining a spacial area, the prepositions "an", "in", "vor" are so-called two-way
prepositions, which take either the accusative or the dative. But in time expressions, they take
the dative. The preposition "an" is mostly used for parts of the day (except for "die Nacht")
and days of the week.
Am Montag (am Abend, am Morgen) esse ich oft Pizza.On Monday (in the evening, in the
morning) I often eat pizza.